Valid Names Results

Peliococcus ocanae Goux, 1990 (Pseudococcidae: Peliococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Peliococcus ocanae Goux 1990a: 86. Type data: FRANCE: Corsica, Ocana, on Lavandula stoechas. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Seyneria porticcia; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014: 469. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Kaydan2015, 222).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• CaballKaRa2024: pp.1665 ( Adult (F) ) [Update of taxonomic key to species of Peliococcus in the Palearctic region published by Kaydan (2015)]
• Kaydan2015: pp.214 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Peliococcus in the Palaearctric region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Peliococcus ocanae can be distinguished from all other species in the genus in having each dorsal cluster with only 1 size of oral collar duct and 1-5 multilocular disc pores. P. ocanae is most similar to P. rosae, P. morrisoni and P. phyllobius but differs in the absence of quinquelocular pores on the venter and in having translucent pores on the hind tibia (absent on the other three species). Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014) regarded this species as a junior synonym of Seyneria porticcia Goux, but there are two sizes of oral collar tubular ducts on the dorsum of S. porticcia, whereas there is only one size of oral collar tubular duct on P. ocanae. In addition, Seyneria is diagnosed by having oral collar tubular ducts with enlarged collars that protrude slightly from derm surface but P. ocanae does not have such oral collar tubular ducts. Therefore, Kaydan, 2015 reversed the synonymy and generic placement of P. ocenae proposed by Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014).
• Structure: Body elongate oval, 1.94 mm long, 1.35 mm wide. Eye marginal, 37.5–40.0 µm wide. Antenna 9 segmented (pseudosegmentation on segment 3). (Kaydan, 2015)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female by Goux (1990a). Redescription and illustration in Kaydan, 2015.

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